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• Auxiliaries

  Hot corrosion: Mechanism for rapid degradation

  The main corrosion mechanism that rapidly degrades hot components in gas turbines is called “hot corrosion”. It is produced by salts which melt on the surface of the ...

  On April 20, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Siemens secures order for integrated LNG-to-Power project in Brazil

  Siemens has secured an order for the turnkey construction of a new combined cycle power plant for the integrated LNG-to-Power project GNA 1 of Gás Natural Açu in ...

  On April 20, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  GE Power wins INR142 crore contract for NOx reduction technology across 10GW of power plants in India

  GE Power India Ltd. (GEPIL)* today announced that it has been awarded a Rs 142 crore (USD 20 million) order by NTPC for supply and installation of low ...

  On April 20, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Sulzer signs deal with Kato Engineering

  Following on from the recent agreement with Nidec for the sales and servicing of medium voltage variable speed drives, Sulzer has signed a partnership deal with Kato Engineering ...

  On April 20, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  How stray currents harm turbomachinery

  Stray currents manifest in rotating machinery as a result of specific abnormalities in machines related to flux imbalance, residual magnetism, electrostatic build-up and induced voltages. Discharges of these ...

  On April 17, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  GE completes world’s first DLN1.0+ with ultra low NOx combustion

  GE has successfully completed the world’s first installation of its DLN1.0+ with Ultra Low NOx combustion upgrade on nine GE 9E gas turbines at five power generation enterprises ...

  On April 17, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Arja Talakar named CEO of Siemens Oil & Gas

  Arja Talakar has been appointed CEO of Siemens Oil & Gas, effective April 1, 2019. He will be based in Houston, Texas, the global headquarters for Oil & ...

  On April 17, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  Celebrating 100 years of the spherical roller bearing

  Originally developed in 1919 by an SKF engineer, Arvid Palmgren, the spherical roller bearing (SRB) was created to complement the self-aligning ball bearing, due to its ability to ...

  On April 17, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Compressors

  How diffusers in centrifugal compressors have evolved over the years

  The diffuser converts a portion of the remaining kinetic energy in the gas stream (velocity pressure) into static pressure (potential energy), further reducing the volumetric flow. Centrifugal compressor ...

  On April 12, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  Siemens signs first long-term services agreement for H-class gas turbine in UAE

  Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) and Siemens have announced the first power services agreement for an H-class gas turbine in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the new 20-year ...

  On April 12, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors